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Science 15 August 1969:
Vol. 165. no. 3894, pp. 693 - 695
DOI: 10.1126/science.165.3894.693
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Lunar Maria: Structure and Evolution

W. G. Van Dorn 1

1 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92037

The lunar maria are considered to have evolved as homologous, transient, gravity-wave systems from large impact craters on a crustal layer 50 kilometers thick, fluidized from beneath by prompt, shock-induced melting inside an initially hot moon.

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